Our Lady's Bower Secondary School

🍓🥥 A very healthy end to the year for our 1st Year Home Economics students with their delicious homemade açai bowls🍎🍓🍊

Well done girls on a great year’s work, learning & developing skills for life👏🍚🍓🎨🏡✨

Enjoy the summer ☀️ and we look forward to starting the Creative Textiles unit when you return in 2nd Year 🧵🪡💫

☀️🌱 1st Year students Ksieniia & Doireann making the most of the sunshine in horticulture class while building bird feeders 🐦🪵
it’s great to see sustainability being practised in the school ♻️👏 Have a great summer girls🌼😎

📚 Attention Junior Cycle, Leaving Certificate & LCA students 📚

As the 2026 examinations approach, please take a few minutes to watch the Candidate Information Video from the State Examinations Commission. It outlines the key requirements to help ensure your examination scripts are processed accurately.

🎥 Candidate Information Video & Exam Information:

https://www.examinations.ie/?l=en&mc=ex&sc=e26

📝 Useful Exam Tips:

https://www.examinations.ie/schools/cs_view.php?q=77dbf2eba2d591614abaf582117a3ad9bfec14fe

Best of luck girls💪📖

🥁Herzlichen Glückwunsch an Ailbhe Glynn Desmond (3rd Yr) who was the Junior Winner of the 2026 Irish Austrian Society German Language Essay Competition. 🇩🇪

Ailbhe recently received her prize at a ceremony hosted by the Austrian Ambassador, Melitta Schubert.

Thanks to Ms Quilty for her guidance and support👏 Well done Ailbhe👏⭐️ Another award to add to the cabinet💪

Austrian Society

Well done to Our Lady's Bower Secondary School imreoir cispheile Lily Gallagher (2ú bliain) who proudly togged out for Connacht in the regional finals of Limerick last weekend! Maith thú Lily⭐️🏀⛹️‍♀️

Well done to Sadhbh, Aoife & Lily who were representing Connacht today in UL at the regional tournament👏🏻👏🏻

🥁Congrats to 3rd Yr student Éirinn Gaynor who has been awarded a prestigious EIL study abroad scholarship🤩

After completing a rigorous application & interview process, Éirinn was one of just 6 students in the country to be offered a fully-funded 3-month scholarship to live and study in another EU country🇪🇺

Éirinn will spend the first 3 months of Transition Year in Spain, improving her Spanish language proficiency and immersing herself in the Spanish culture🤗

Felicitaciones Éirinn y buen viaje a España 🇪🇸 Thank you to Ms Mooney for her guidance & support👏

✨ And that’s a wrap for TY 25/26👩‍🎓A huge well done to all of our TY students 👏 You embraced every opportunity, developed valuable skills and created memories for life 💫 We hope you carry the confidence, teamwork and leadership skills from TY with you into Senior Cycle and the years ahead 📚⭐

🎭 From the musical to the many activities and experiences throughout the year, TY 25/26 has certainly been one to remember📝

A very special mention must go to our incredible TY Coordinator, Ms Finneran who went above and beyond for students every single day. Your dedication, care and hard work did not go unnoticed. Thank you for making it such a wonderful year for the girls 💖

🥁Congratulations to Drishika Gujjaru who was awarded Student of the Year🤩

🎶🍰 Thank you also to the Music and Home Economics Departments for helping make the graduation evening such a memorable occasion👏🎶🧁

Best of luck to our Spanish students who became such a valued part of life in Our Lady’s Bower 🇪🇸💙🩵

Sin é cailíní🤩 Enjoy the summer☀️😎 TY✅

📸 More photos and highlights will be shared on instagram -check it out 🎥📱✨

Well done to Grace Ganly, Faye Higginbotham, Lucy McManus, Lillyrose Galvin & Aoibheann O’Dowd on recently qualifying for the Connacht Schools Athletics Finals 💪 The girls did extremely well in Javelin & the Long Jump 🙌 A huge thank you to Ms Kenny for attending and supporting the girls on the day 👏💚 Maith sibh a chailíní! 🏅✨ 🏃‍♀️